I know many people just go to the pool, no matter what, they don't give themselves a choice, but I've succumbed to bad case of blues. Swimming always has been my salvation for depression, but now I am finding it very hard to get out of the house to get to the pool.
I know "inertia begets inertia" (I read that once); thus I just gotta get myself to the pool. Anyone out there have any ways they trick their minds/bodies when it feels like the world is made of cement? Drugs aren't the answer for me; been there, done them. Swimming really has been an incredible help. I have swim goals: I'm not accomplishing them due to the incredible pull of my cozy bed and evening "house" clothes.
I think if you have some goals, even very modest ones, it might encourage you to keep swimming. For example, I haven't done any meets or postal swims this year, but I have continued to participate in Go The Distance. That's kept me going to the pool when in years past I might have stayed away for extended periods of time.
Another thing that might help: a swimming buddy. Do you know someone who generally swims at approximately the same time(s) as you? Maybe you can be swim buddies, encouraging each other to get to the pool. It is harder to skip out on practice if your friend is outside in her car waiting to drive to practice.
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I think if you have some goals, even very modest ones, it might encourage you to keep swimming. For example, I haven't done any meets or postal swims this year, but I have continued to participate in Go The Distance. That's kept me going to the pool when in years past I might have stayed away for extended periods of time.
Another thing that might help: a swimming buddy. Do you know someone who generally swims at approximately the same time(s) as you? Maybe you can be swim buddies, encouraging each other to get to the pool. It is harder to skip out on practice if your friend is outside in her car waiting to drive to practice.
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